Mother killed, son injured in head-on collision in Clermont Co.

A woman is dead and her son injured after a car accident in Clermont County.

Clermont County dispatchers said police and firefighters were called to the 4900 block of State Route 132 in Stonelick Township at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Investigators said 22-year-old Amber Kelch, of Moscow, Ohio, was driving south on State Route 132 when her car crossed the center line in a curve and struck a dump truck head-on.

Firefighters said her 8-month-old son was in the car at the time of the accident. He was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators said it was raining at the time of the accident. They were trying to determine what role weather played in the accident, but neighbors said the wet road and the curve have been a troublesome combination in the past.

"Pretty much any time it's slick, there's a wreck," said Drew Green, who has had to replace his mailbox six times just this year. He said he's counted 20 accidents in the curve near his driveway in the same amount of time, but Wednesday night's was the first fatality.

"It's tragic for the family that's going to be dealing with this event, it's tragic for the truck driver who witnessed the event or been part of it and for the witnesses that saw it," said Lt. Wayne Price of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Green hoped the heartbreaking accident will finally prompt what he calls necessary change.

"The state police know, the county knows, I mean, at least put up a railing or something. Or, there's additives you can put on the blacktop. At least in that corridor," Green said.

Investigators said Kelch was wearing her seat belt, and that alcohol is not suspected. The crash remains under investigation.

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